{"id":8169,"date":"2021-08-03T20:34:53","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T19:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuartpoetry.art\/?p=8169"},"modified":"2021-08-03T20:34:53","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T19:34:53","slug":"the-leas-folkestone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/03\/the-leas-folkestone\/","title":{"rendered":"The Leas (Folkestone)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>High above the beach with extensive views out to sea<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This beautiful promenade is quite quite stunning\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>It was designed by Decimus Burton\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The gentleman architect\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That is how I started my letter to you<\/p>\n<p>You had sent me a letter two weeks previously<\/p>\n<p><em>Home Thoughts From Abroad\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Which detailed your missionary work<\/p>\n<p>In some filthy tropical hellhole<\/p>\n<p>How I admired you risking war and disease<\/p>\n<p>So that you might help others less fortunate<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I am not a bad person but I am a lightweight<\/p>\n<p>Things have always been too easy for me<\/p>\n<p>I have been published and am a talented artist<\/p>\n<p>But I come and go never staying anywhere for long<\/p>\n<p>Although talented I have no application none at all<\/p>\n<p>I write poems and paint for fun just to be liked<\/p>\n<p>My talents are God given and should be shared<\/p>\n<p>That is what I tell people with a false modesty<\/p>\n<p>Knowing that they will love me even more<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I have borrowed Henry&#8217;s apartment<\/p>\n<p>Which has views to France on clear days<\/p>\n<p>Sadly the sea mists have descended<\/p>\n<p>But they will clear and I will soon stroll<\/p>\n<p>Along the long wide paths<\/p>\n<p>Thinking of you my dear sister<\/p>\n<p>Francesca is such a pretty name<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our parents were so clever<\/p>\n<p>Frank and Francesca<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Heavenly Twins<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>High above the beach with extensive views out to sea This beautiful promenade is quite quite stunning\u00a0 It was designed by Decimus Burton\u00a0 The gentleman architect\u00a0 &nbsp; That is how I started my letter to you You had sent me a letter two weeks previously Home Thoughts From Abroad\u00a0 Which detailed your missionary work In [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8169"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8169\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}